Observation of the Operating Environment

In plain language

Before and during your flight, look around the area to identify potential hazards like people, roads, buildings, power lines, or nearby airfields that could affect the safety of your flight.

Requirement as structured

EASA accepts that the remote pilot observes the operating environment and checks for conditions that might affect safety, such as people, property, vehicles, public roads, obstacles, aerodromes, and critical infrastructure, as a means of complying with UAS.OPEN.060(1)(c).

Original regulatory text

The remote pilot should observe the operating environment and check any conditions that might affect the UAS operation, such as the locations of people, property, vehicles, public roads, obstacles, aerodromes, critical infrastructure, and any other elements that may pose a risk to the safety of the UAS operation.

Applies when

category

Open

operation

EU UAS operation

regulatory category

Open